Chapter 1

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and it does not intend to represent or harm any individual or community.

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Inside an operation theatre in a hospital people were in panic. The nurse was shouting, "Doctor the patient is losing the pulse."

The doctor was shouting and instructing the nurses. On the bed there was young girl lying with oxygen mask on her mouth. Her face was very pale and her eyes were almost close. She knew her time was almost up.

She saw the doctor trying to save her and she thought to herself, "I was born with a medical condition due to which I was a quadriplegic since birth. I cannot move on my own. I was always on a wheelchair seeing other people walk, run, use their hands to hold things, do normal everyday things very easily which I cannot even dream of."

" I always thought why was I born ? Why didn't I die the moment I was born? I am nothing but just a burden to everyone who cannot do anything. Like a block of wood which can breathe and do nothing on its own. No even worse than that even a block of wood is more useful than me. "

" My life was like a very long bad dream. All twenty years were like hell every day of it. Most of it was spent on the hospital bed even when I went out I hated myself, I hated seeing other people do things easily which I cannot do. Everyday was like a nightmare a very long nightmare which never seemed to end. "

" But right now it felt like everything was ending. All that pain, suffering, agony was ending right now. I am going to be free maybe this is the moment of my salvation. If I ever get reborn I only have one wish to get a normal body so that I can see the world. "

These were the last thoughts of the girl. Now the voices from the room seems to be fading away, her eyes are now fully closed, the machine for checking her pulse is also showing nothing except a flat line.

Now everything turned dark there was no voice to be heard, nothing to be seen, no light only darkness. Suddenly there was a light a very small light but it was increasing every moment and after some time it surrounded the whole place completely consuming the darkness.

Inside a room there were four people sitting. Two middle-aged men one was the assistant of royal family and other was Mr Midori, a middle-aged woman Mrs Midori and a young girl who was bowing her head down holding some clothes in her hands. Slowly the girl opened her eyes and turned her face up by just a little and saw the room and the people sitting in the room. The room was neither too small nor too big. There was nothing in the room except the people. All four of them were sitting on the floor on cushions. Just a painting was hanging on the left side wall in terms of accessories. All four walls were painted with the same green colour.

The girl was surprised looking at this and started wondering, "Huh where am I? Wasn't I was just in the hospital? Who are these people?" Suddenly she heard one of the man speak

"I think we have discussed everything. And I assume I can leave the rest of the arrangements to you Mr Midori."

"Of course of course it will be our pleasure. You don't need to worry about anything now." Mr Midori replied. "It is our luck that the second prince wants to tie bonds with us. You should not be worried about anything we will complete all the preparations and they will upto the standards to satisfy the second prince. " He added.

"You should not worry that much about the preparations you just need to make the minimum arrangements. The second prince does not care about the decorations and all those unnecessary things he just cares about this marriage. That is why he sent those clothes made of the finest quality of silk made by the royal tailor's assistant himself." the assistant said while pointing towards the clothes the girl was holding with his eyes.

"Yes yes our Ai is very lucky that the second prince has taken a liking towards her and wants to marry her. He didn't even ask any dowry how kind he is." the woman, Mrs Midori said while looking towards Ai.

"Oh don't be ridiculous Mrs Midori what can the royal family ask you and what can you provide us? There is nothing like that. The second prince didn't ask for dowry because the royal family has everything and any gift from the commoners would only dishonour them." the assistant said while maintaining his little smile.

"Yes the second prince is very generous we have only heard good about him and how he is very kind, brave, helps those who are in need and what not." Mr Midori described as he witnessed the person everytime he was doing those acts.

"We just hope that the marriage will happen peacefully tomorrow." the assistant said while looking the middle aged couple in front of him.

"Ai might be our niece but I raised as my own daughter. She lost her parents when she was barely a year old and since then she was our daughter and to think that after 19 years she will leave this house..." saying this much Mrs Midori started crying or atleast that is what others would think seeing her.

"Then I will not take your precious last moments with her and my job here is basically done so I must go now." the assistant said and stood up.

The couple also stood up along with him and Mr Midori said, "Thank you for coming here today and thank you for those clothes."

"Oh the clothes are especially for the marriage ceremony gifted by the second prince." the assistant said as he walked towards the door.

The couple also followed behind and now everybody left the room except Ai who was sitting in the same position since the beginning with her head bowing down and holding the clothes. Now she started thinking

"Huh what is happening? Where am I? Wasn't I was in the hospital how did I come here? And who are these people and what are they talking about? Ai, Midori, second prince, marriage what are all these things?"

After some thought she remembered something, "Wait a minute this seems like things I read in one of the novels. I could not do anything except lying in the on the bed so I read a lot of books and these things seems like they are from one the books I read last month. Let me think who are these people again. Uh.... Yes I remember now Ai Midori she was one of the side character. She was a beautiful quiet girl who always did what she was told. Then later the king's younger brother saw her one day and decided to marry her. He was an old man nearing his fifties but Ai's uncle and aunt didn't cared and she was married anyway. But she did not lived much after that because of the torture she had to face and she died not even a year after her marriage."

Remembering these things Ai's expression turned dark "Wait so doesn't that mean I am now Ai Midori in the story and I have to marry that old man. Nooooooooooo."

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